Updated: November 16, 2020 12:54:55 pm
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy. (Archive)
Supreme Court Justice UU Lalit recused himself Monday from hearing allegations seeking action against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy for leveling of accusations against the judiciary.
“I have difficulties. As a lawyer, he had represented one of the parties. I will approve an order for it to be included in court without me, ”Judge Lalit said, the news agency reported. PTI.
A bench made up of justices Lalit, Vineet Saran and S Ravindra Bhat was going to hear three petitions seeking various reliefs against Reddy. The allegations alleged that Reddy not only wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde leveling the accusations against the judiciary, but also held a press conference in which false statements were made.
In an unprecedented move, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, alleging that Justice NV Ramana, next in line to be the CJI, “has been influencing the Court sessions Superior (from Andhra Pradesh), including the list of Honorable Judges ”.
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The eight-page letter from the Chief Minister refers to the alleged “proximity” of Judge Ramana to the TDP leader and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and to an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Office into “questionable land transactions” involving two daughters. of Judge Ramana and others in Amaravati, before the site of the new state capital was declared.
Dated October 6, the letter was delivered to the media in Hyderabad on Saturday evening by Ajeya Kallam, Senior Advisor to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Last week, Attorney General KK Venugopal It rejected a request to reconsider its decision to deny its consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Jagan, but said it is “open to the Supreme Court to address the suo motu contempt matter as provided by the Contempt of Courts Act” since “the crux of the alleged contempt lies in the content of the letter written by” Reddy to the CJI.
(With PTI inputs)
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